What is the test for giving meaning to a word in a statute?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from CHUDE v. JACK IN The BOX INC., 109 Cal.Rptr.3d 773, 185 Cal.App.4th 37 (Cal. App. 2010):
[2] Ordinarily courts give the words of a statute the meaning they have in everyday speech. [Citation.] The rule is subject to the exception that when a word used in a statute has a well-established legal meaning, it will be given that meaning in construing the statute. [Citation.] ( Harris v. Lammers (2000) 84 Cal.App.4th 1072, 1076, 101 Cal.Rptr.2d 361.)
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[185 Cal.App.4th 42]
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